“I was inspired today by Run-DMC in Pennsylvania,” Chuck told CBC Music. “I know I’m made in America but I’m really made on the planet. I’m not made by America, or in it. So, we like to protest and be difficult. But I salute them for bringing Rap music to the forefront and being able to have Run-DMC to get that slot.”

Public Enemy is no stranger to making anti-establishment statements. The groundbreaking hip-hop unit first came to prominence by injecting socially conscious awareness and Black Panther ideology into such platinum landmark albums as It Takes a Nation of Millionsto Hold Us Back (1988); Fear of a Black Planet (1990) and Apocalypse91… The Enemy Strikes Black (1991).

P.E. isn’t showing signs of slowing down. The group, which continues to tour across the globe is set to drop their new album The Evil Empire of Everything on October 1st. The new set will feature appearances by Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, Ziggy Marley, Henry Rollins and more. —Keith Murphy, CBS Local